Quotes From The Nashville Statement That Are Flat-Out Homophobic

On Tuesday, The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood released the Nashville Statement, a proclamation of 14 affirmations regarding gender and sexuality that many have deemed highly problematic. Consisting of a preamble and 14 articles, the document has been roundly criticized by many, but these quotes from the Nashville Statement prove the anti-LGBTQ sentiment is rife among evangelical leaders.

The Nashville Statement is hugely controversial because it condemns both homosexuality and transgender identities and promotes heterosexual marriage as the only "legitimate" type of marriage. It also condemns polyamorous relationships as well as sexual relations outside of marriage.

The following represents a selection of some of the most problematic components of the Nashville statement, which many have decried for being discriminatory and anti-inclusive.

Only Heterosexual Marriage Is Allowed

https://t.co/XTWw2eXBwt hi, no one cares about your dumb "statement" - gay marriage is up by 33% and your "statement" changes nothing bye

One Can "Forsake" Their Gender Identity And "Accept" Their Biological Sex

WE AFFIRM that the grace of God in Christ enables sinners to forsake transgender self-conceptions and by divine forbearance to accept the God-ordained link between one's biological sex and one's self-conception as male or female.

Biological Sex Determines Gender

About the #NashvilleStatement: it's devastating to know parents of LGBTQ people hear this teaching regularly and reject their own children.

WE DENY that adopting a homosexual or transgender self-conception is consistent with God's holy purposes in creation and redemption.

Overall, these quotes reflect why many people are so the Nashville Statement has sparked so much outrage, as it seemingly seeks to perpetuate divisiveness and only promotes a certain type of existence as being "right" and "acceptable" in God's eyes.

Hopefully, the crafters of the Nashville Statement will take note of the public backlash to their document and reconsider some of their divisive words.